Middle school food environments and racial/ethnic differences in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: Findings from the Healthy Choices study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 735-738

  Richmond, Tracy K ^a   Spadano Gasbarro, Jennifer L ^b   Walls, Courtney E ^c   Austin, S Bryn ^a,b   Greaney, Mary L ^d   Wang, Monica L ^g   Mezegebu, Solomon ^e   Peterson, Karen E ^b,f  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Decision Resources Group   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast food; Race ethnicity; Schools; Sugar sweetened beverages

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CATERING SERVICE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FAST FOOD; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD; HUMAN; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE;

FAST FOOD; FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH; FRL; HC; HEALTHY CHOICES STUDY; NAICS; NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; RACE/ETHNICITY; SCHOOLS; SSB; SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES; SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEVERAGES; CHILD; DIETARY SUCROSE; DRINKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OBESITY; RESTAURANTS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84885846896     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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